If you weave narrow wares (inkle bands, rigid heddle bands, tablet woven bands), you could help Mari with her research if you participate in her survey on dedicated apps and other digital aids used in narrow wares' weaving. Mari's reason for the survey?
I am a weaver and teacher of narrow wares' weaving, but I also study IT. My bachelor's thesis for Laurea University of Applied Sciences
researches digital aids used in band weaving with a rigid heddle or string heddles and tablet weaving. My main focus is on the use of
dedicated narrow wares' weaving apps, but I also look into other digital aids used for designing and weaving warp-faced bands and for
teaching band weaving and tablet weaving. The purpose of this survey is to find out which apps and other digital aids are used at the
moment and which features in the apps are or would be important to weavers, designers, and teachers of narrow wares' weaving.
The survey is short and quick to fill out; you can find the survey form here.
Please read the terminology note at the top of the introduction before scrolling down to the survey itself. The survey does not ask for any personal information and even the obligatory background questions all have the option of not telling anything. Survey responses will be destroyed as soon as the thesis has been approved by the university, at the latest by the end of 2024.
You have a week to participate, responses are collected until the end of October 10, 2024 (the survey closes at midnight Finnish time [EEST/UTC +3]).
Feel free to share the survey form link with others, too - it definitely helps to have many responses on surveys like that!